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MRK peers and competitors

Merck & Co., Inc. · end-of-day data as of Oct 16, 2026

Merck & Co., Inc.
MRK · $360B
$145.95+12.0%last 60 sessions · close Oct 16, 2026
$80.15$155.5352 weeks
Buy · 27 analystsPT $157.17 +7.7%
  • P/E vs own+187.9%
  • P/E vs sector+314.7%
  • Target upside+7.7%
  • Off 52w high-6.2%
  • Insiders-$25.58M
  • FCF yield+4.5%
  • Earnings in13d
  • Trendbullish
  • Sector▲ +16.0%
  • RSI52
  • MA20×50↓ in ~3d
  • Volume1.2x
  • Support-11.6%
  • Resistance+3.6%

MRK’s peers by industry and size include Eli Lilly (LLY), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and AbbVie (ABBV). Among these 12 companies MRK ranks 5th by market cap ($360B); its P/E of 116.8 compares with a median of 37.9 for its peers.

Peers by industry and size

20D
1LLYEli Lilly and Company$1,257.03+0.4%-1.8%+4.5%42.2$1.18T
2JNJJohnson & Johnson$255.56+0.9%-8.2%+8.8%38.7$616B
3ABBVAbbVie Inc.$285.42+0.7%0.0%-1.4%80.4$504B
4UNHUnitedHealth Group Incorporated$401.43-1.3%-7.4%+14.6%22.9$360B
5MRKMerck & Co., Inc.$145.95+0.5%-6.2%+7.7%116.8$360B
6TMOThermo Fisher Scientific Inc.$690.00-0.9%-0.9%-3.3%37.1$255B
7AMGNAmgen Inc.$432.49-0.4%-2.6%-7.5%26.9$234B
8GILDGilead Sciences, Inc.$156.19-0.7%-0.7%+1.9%—$194B
9ABTAbbott Laboratories$104.89+0.2%-17.7%+16.6%33.7$181B
10PFEPfizer Inc.$29.58+0.5%0.0%-7.1%39.1$169B
11BMYBristol-Myers Squibb Company$59.75-1.4%-11.3%+9.4%13.2$122B
12BIIBBiogen Inc.$232.65-1.1%-1.1%+2.7%41.2$34.37B

Data as of Oct 16, 2026 close.